Picture
1890s (made)
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This silk is based on the painting The Storm by Pierre-Auguste Cot , now in the Metropolitan Museum, New York. It is thought to depict the teenage hero and heroine of the novel Paul and Virginie by Bernardin de Saint-Pierre (1737–1814).
Object details
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| Brief description | Picture, jacquard woven silk, Jean-Baptiste Neyret, 1890s, French; Lyon, after Pierre-Auguste Cot |
| Physical description | Jacquard woven silk picture after Pierre-Auguste Cot's 'The Storm'. The picture depicts a young man and woman running through a rural landscape with a storm overhead, and a ruined castle in the background. The young man is wearing an animal skin around his waist and has his arm around the young woman, who is wearing a diaphanous white dress. They are holding a cloth above them, which billows in the wind. |
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| Credit line | Given by Mrs A M Breeze |
| Summary | This silk is based on the painting The Storm by Pierre-Auguste Cot , now in the Metropolitan Museum, New York. It is thought to depict the teenage hero and heroine of the novel Paul and Virginie by Bernardin de Saint-Pierre (1737–1814). |
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| Accession number | T.136-1937 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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